Carlos Edmond Barnes v. the State of Texas

• Court: Court of Appeals of Texas
• Decided: April 14, 2022
• Docket: 14-21-00556-CR
• Status: Published

Opinion

Motion Denied; Order filed April 14, 2022.

In The

Fourteenth Court of Appeals ____________

NO. 14-21-00556-CR ____________

CARLOS EDMOND BARNES, Appellant

V.

THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee

On Appeal from the 337th District Court Harris County, Texas Trial Court Cause No. 1632376

ORDER

Appellant is represented by appointed counsel, Tonya Rolland. Appellant’s brief was originally due December 6, 2021. We have granted a total of more than 90 days to file appellant’s brief, until April 8, 2022. When we granted the last extension, we noted that no further extensions would be granted absent exceptional circumstances. No brief was filed by the due date. On April 8, 2022, counsel filed a further motion to extend time to file appellant’s brief. Counsel did not allege any exceptional circumstances in the request.

We deny the motion to extend time and issue the following order.

We order Tonya Rolland to file a brief with the clerk of this court on or before April 29, 2022. If counsel does not timely file appellant’s brief as ordered, the court may issue an order abating the appeal and directing the trial court to conduct a hearing to determine the reason for the failure to file the brief and the consideration of sanctions, appointment of new counsel, or other appropriate relief.

PER CURIAM

Panel consists of Justices Wise, Poissant and Wilson.